World Trade Organization

WTO Delays Releasing Decision in Complaint By Canada Against France""s Ban on Asbestos

International Trade Reporter GENEVA--The World Trade Organization has announced a further delay in the circulation of a long-awaited dispute settlement panel ruling concerning Canada's challenge to a French ban on asbestos.

WTO Panel Finds for EU in U.S. Sanctions Row

Reuters | By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS - A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has found the United States broke trade rules by imposing sanctions on the European Union in a spat over trade in bananas, sources familiar with the case said on Thursday.

Gore to Lobby Lawmakers to Support China Trade

WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Vice President Al Gore will personally lobby lawmakers to support a landmark trade agreement with China despite opposition from his allies in organized labor, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

Beijing Hints Trade Retaliation Against U.S.

Tribune News Services BEIJING, CHINA -- Any denial of permanent low-tariff trading rights by the U.S. Congress wouldn't deter China's resolve to join the World Trade Organization but could cause the United States to gamble away business opportunities for a generation, China's foreign trade minister said Monday.

U.S. Releases China Trade Text

AP Online / BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration, under pressure from Congress, released the text of its landmark trade agreement with China on Tuesday and pledged intensive enforcement to ensure that China opens its markets.

Administration Releases Text of Trade Deal with China

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US Trade Rules Under Increasing Challenge

Journal of Commerce You just have to feel a little empathy for U.S. trade officials, who, it seems, can hardly make a decision these days without risking a foreign challenge -- if the decision is to keep out unfairly priced imports or otherwise protect U.S. producers from import surges.

Ottawa Must Appeal WTO Drug Ruling

The Toronto Star The World Trade Organization has taken a potshot at our health-care system, one that threatens to add to the already high cost of drugs. To understand what the WTO has done, a bit of background is necessary. The story begins in the Mulroney era.

China Appears Determined to Enter WTO -- PNTR or No

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Eclectic Grass-Roots Campaigns Emerge on China Trade Debate

The Wall Street Journal / By HELENE COOPER / Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LA CROSSE, Wis. -- To get a good view of the fight over the coming congressional vote on China trade, look to the Tibetans and Mrs. Silicon Valley 1999.